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... turn to the history of the transactions in this country in the year 1648 , and to examine the bear ings of those transactions on this very question of Radical Reform . He will find , Gentlemen , that the House of Commons of that day ...
... turn to the history of the transactions in this country in the year 1648 , and to examine the bear ings of those transactions on this very question of Radical Reform . He will find , Gentlemen , that the House of Commons of that day ...
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... turn from the precipice and avoid the fall ? I fear they would át- tempt it in vain . The impulse once given , may be too impetuous to be con- trolled , and intending only to change the guidance of the machine , they may hurry it and ...
... turn from the precipice and avoid the fall ? I fear they would át- tempt it in vain . The impulse once given , may be too impetuous to be con- trolled , and intending only to change the guidance of the machine , they may hurry it and ...
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... turn'd to stone , I might have known that this would prove No hindrance to the growth of love . Which to the flinty rock will cling , And as the slender lichens spring , Obtaining life one knows not where , Strike root , and live , and ...
... turn'd to stone , I might have known that this would prove No hindrance to the growth of love . Which to the flinty rock will cling , And as the slender lichens spring , Obtaining life one knows not where , Strike root , and live , and ...
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... Turn that pale tear - besullied face , Or part our trembling hands that clasp Their latest and long - ling'ring ... turns assailed I marked , as where in warmth I stood , And the sight did almost freeze my blood , A little infant , on a ...
... Turn that pale tear - besullied face , Or part our trembling hands that clasp Their latest and long - ling'ring ... turns assailed I marked , as where in warmth I stood , And the sight did almost freeze my blood , A little infant , on a ...
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... turn back when Hannah Lee was before him ; and as his terrified heart told him , in eminent danger of being lost . - As he advanced , he felt that it was no longer a walk of love or friendship , for which he had been glad of an excuse ...
... turn back when Hannah Lee was before him ; and as his terrified heart told him , in eminent danger of being lost . - As he advanced , he felt that it was no longer a walk of love or friendship , for which he had been glad of an excuse ...
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Page 166 - Singing of Mount Abora. Could I revive within me Her symphony and song, To such a deep delight 'twould win me That with music loud and long, I would build that dome in air, That sunny dome! those caves of ice!
Page 149 - Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That own'd the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
Page 166 - In the touch of this bosom there worketh a spell, Which is lord of thy utterance, Christabel...
Page 269 - The parties broke up without noise and without confusion. They were carried home by their own carriages; that is to say, by the vehicles Nature had provided them, excepting such of the wealthy as could afford to keep a wagon.
Page 436 - Katterfelto, with his hair on end At his own wonders, wondering for his bread.
Page 269 - ... monkey divertisements of smart young gentlemen, with no brains at all. On the contrary, the young ladies seated themselves demurely in their rush-bottomed chairs, and knit their own woollen stockings; nor ever opened their lips, excepting to say yah Mynheer...
Page 202 - THE FANCY: A Selection from the Poetical Remains of the late Peter Corcoran, of Gray's Inn, student at law. With a brief Memoir of his life.
Page 141 - The cloud-capt towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself; * Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
Page 75 - With cool and verdant gardens interspersed ; Here towers of war that frown in massy strength. While over all hangs the rich purple eve, As conscious of its being her last farewell Of light and glory to that fated city. And. as our clouds of battle dust and smoke Are melted into air, behold the Temple...
Page 269 - The company being seated around the genial board, and each furnished with a fork, evinced their dexterity in lanching at the fattest pieces in this mighty dish — in much the same manner as sailors harpoon porpoises at sea, or our Indians spear salmon in the lakes.